Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume - 100 ml

Birchbox Breakdown

Romano Ricci, the self-described offbeat dandy of the perfume world, only used one element—Cetalox—to create this minimalist perfume. Even if you've never heard of it, you've undoubtedly picked up its scent. Used as a back note in thousands of fragrances, Cetalox (a synthetic substitute for grey amber) takes center stage in Not a Perfume. The result is elegant, pure, spicy, and completely allergen-free.

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Had to Buy It

I wore this fragrance when I first received the sample and remember thinking how much I loved this scent, but lost it in the bottom of my purse. While trying to decide which fragrance to buy among the various fragrance samples I received from Birchbox, I just found Juliette again. I had to spray little scent cards with their corresponding names and wait for them to dry to get an idea of what the real scent would be and after much hemming and hawing over which one to go with I finally settled on this one. Among all of the choices this fragrance was the most memorable. It is such a soft and delightfully pretty fragrance. I will be wearing this in every season because it's just that pretty.

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Like nothing I've ever worn

Cetalox is synthetic ambergris, not synthetic grey amber, for anyone who wishes to know. Ambergris is one of the oldest perfume ingredients, and, in its natural form, a little gory. Thank goodness for this amazing synthetic version!!

When I wear this I know, without a doubt, I don't smell like anyone else, and I smell BETTER than everyone else!

I feel smart, sexy, and (dare I say) superior when I wear this.

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Anonymous

great perfume for anyone

I loved this perfume. it was very long lasting and not to strong. it has such an unusual smell that everyone I came in contact with wanted to know what it was. I will be buying this from now on. I ran out of the sample and used my other perfume and my boyfriend asked why did I change perfumes. I thought he never noticed. great product. the scent is so different it keeps you wondering

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Not a perfume, not true.

I put a minimal amount of this one, and it smelled like I took a bath in my grandmother's perfume. The scent itself - an hour later and after scrubbing my wrists and neck - is probably decent, but this is SOOOO overpowering that it's just gross.

I put it on for a special occasion tonight and it's just horrible. I can't get it off. I'm trapped in this cloud of Sunday morning old lady brunch stench.

It probably could be nice, but it is so darn overpowering I'm too distraught to tell.

And, my hands started burning when I washed it off. Still burning. And my special occasion date with my husband isn't too romantic anymore given that I smell like his grandmother.

They lie. It IS a perfume. Even if it's some kind of crafty formula, has an asterisk after it "technically" isn't a perfume, it SO is.

I wish I'd paid closer attention to the bad reviews.

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